Why do Christians think that christmas is thier holiday?

Question

Christmas is hardly about Jesus.. The truth is complicated, "Christmas." "Christmas" as "Christ's Mass," the celebration of Christ's birthday, originated when the Roman Catholic Church decided to consecrate pagan traditions. The Church wanted to convert the pagans of Europe to Christianity, and as a way of doing so, they established a Christian religious meaning to the important and popular celebration of the winter solstice. They chose the birth of Christ because it echoed pagan attributes of the holiday, which celebrated, amongst other things, the rebirth of the Sun. ["rebirth of Sun"/"birth of Son," get it?]. The truth is that, before then, Christians didn't really celebrate Christ's birth; it was his death and resurrection that were supremely important, and his birth was a minor point without a fixed celebration. Jesus if he did exist which there is no evidence he did, but he may have. It's certain though that Jesus ''wasn't'' born on December 25. In fact, the details in the Bible clearly point to his being born in the spring. Placing the holiday of December 25 was a direct attempt to co-opt solstice traditions

Answer 1

Make up your mind. Do you believe of Jesus! probably not.
If not, then you can't tell us what the Bible says, or when was Jesus was born. You can't have it both ways.
either you believe or not. It is not like we have not read or heard that lecture before. Thanks anyhow for the repeat.

This is logic. Put your logic hat on and think about it.

You know what is so interesting! It is that the same people who relish to mock other join in the celebration as well. Would that be consider opportunist! or Hypocrites! or they want just to have fun on the coat tail of others!
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If you ever visit the Middle East you will find that Easter is the Major holiday there not Christmass, but that doen't mean it is not as important.

Live and let live.

Answer 2

Well, the pagans couldn't be that steadfast about celebrating the solstice, if they were willing to adopt a more edifying reason (the Nativity of our Lord) to celebrate. Now as then for the vast majority it's the celebration, not the reason for it that matters.

For us Christians, Christ comes first, parties, gifts and fellowship, are a way of sharing what God gave us. Since we do not know the exact date, the day does not matter, Just like a picture of a loved one, the picture does not matter, it is what it represents that does.

Mark

Addendum: Christmas is all about Easter, which is all about our salvation. Throughout advent (the liturgical season preceding Christmas) we study the fall from grace, the old testament prophecy's regarding the coming of the Messiah, and is a time of preparation for his second coming. Without Christmas there could be no Easter, and with out Easter there could be no second coming.

Also, every Sunday is a celebration of Easter, just as it was in the early Church when the Sabbath was moved from Sat. to Sun. All liturgical, sacramental Churches do this, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran (like me). If your Church does not follow this practice, you should be looking elsewhere.

Mark

Answer 3

Well, the Christian version of it is to commemorate Jesus' b-day. It's not JUST for Christians however. The whole "peace on Earth" and "be good to your fellow man" is a tradition that should be followed every day, but sadly is not. Anyone can celebrate the b-day part or the "peace" part, I don't know why some Christians like to think it's theirs and only theirs...

Answer 4

Your question is complicated.
Celebrate it or not for whatever reason you may have.

We celebrate the birth of Christ on December 25.
He was born at some time.



Why quibble about minor details?
Christmas can be anyone's holiday as far as I am concerned.

Answer 5

It's not. It's not even about Christ, considering He wasn't born on December 25th. Nimrod was. The Vatican, through the Roman Catholic Church, was quick to seize on the opportunity to use this pagan-originated "holiday" to fill their seats with more people.

Those catholics- the best damn marketers of bilge the world has ever known.

Answer 6

I have never thought about that but I guess I think that Christmas is a holiday to celebrate Jesus' birth/life.

Answer 7

Christmas vs Yule has begun... o_O

Though I am pagan and somewhat pissed that a handful of Christians don't understand the origins of their holiday... let them celebrate.

I always get a little annoyed when fellow pagans get up in arms and say that those evil Christians STOLE our precious holiday... I mean we can still celebrate how we want, right?

Answer 8

If one keeps Christ in Christmas, it's a Christian holiday, regardless of its origins. The same goes for Easter.

Answer 9

Because they stole it from the Pagans. Jesus was born in the month of April. The more I learn the more I hate, YES HATE the POPE and all that follow him.
This is coming from a man that has put up with 12 years of Catholic School and countless Predatory Priest.

Answer 10

The reason why Christians think this is their holiday is because Christ was born on this day. Yes, it does say he was born in the spring, but also, you have to remember, this was 2000 years back, and the seasons were different, because of global warming and things like that. However, this holiday has turned commercial, being used instead as a holiday to exchange gifts. Also, I looked up many of these facts. You shouldn't believe everything you read on wikipedia. Finally, it has since evolved into a Christian holiday. Still, people who aren't religious still celebrate it